The Magnes Collection is closed for a private rental and will not be open to the public Wednesday, March 27 and Thursday, March 28th. Learn more about planning your next event at the Magnes.
Join the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life and Berkeley Center for Jewish Studies for Atrocities' Truth Tellers: Armenian and Jewish Victim Testimony in Interwar Europe, the Annual Pell Lecture with Williams College Professor Alexandra Garbarini.
Dr. Natalia Romik, curator, architect and 2022 Dan David Prize winner, returns to the Magnes to present an exclusive preview of her vibrant new exhibition soon to premier at the POLIN Museum, in Warsaw.
Come study for finals, have some pizza and soda, and be in a safe space with other community members!
Open house for families of K-5th graders in collaboration with Berkeley Unified School District. Hands-on arts activities, treasure hunt of the Global Diaspora, snacks, and Jewish world-music by Lior Ben-Hur!
Please join the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life for Berkeley's award-winning Yiddish Theatre Ensemble's staged reading of Sholem Asch’s play, "On the Road to Zion."
Join Executive Director Hannah Weisman and museum staffers in person for a community conversation about the Magnes. Hannah will share a brief update on the museum’s current activities and upcoming plans. Come together to share your favorite Magnes stories along with your thoughts about the present and creative ideas for the future.
Join The Magnes for a special family friendly performance and sing-a-long with the Zingeray ensemble of the Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco.
Join Executive Director Hannah Weisman and museum staffers virtually for a community conversation about the Magnes. Hannah will share a brief update on the museum’s current activities and upcoming plans. Come together to share your favorite Magnes stories along with your thoughts about the present and creative ideas for the future.
Join us in the opening celebration of "In Plain Sight: Jewish Arts and Lives in the Muslim World," the Magnes’s newest exhibition.
The Magnes invites faculty, students, and staff from UC Berkeley and neighboring universities to a curatorial workshop about the new exhibition In Plain Sight: Jewish Arts and Lives in the Muslim World featuring co-curators Dr. Qamar Adamjee, scholar of Islamic art, and Dr. Francesco Spagnolo, Magnes curator and UC Berkeley Professor.
Join the Magnes, the Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies, and UC Berkeley's Center for Jewish Studies for a special performance by multi-disciplinary Israeli artist, Victoria Hanna.
